Congratulations to ONE OK ROCK for winning the Best Group Artist and Artist of the Year awards the 2020 Space Shower Music Awards!
【WINNER】
年間で最も優れたアーティストに授与される賞「ARTIST OF THE YEAR」を受賞したのは、ONE OK ROCK！国内のみならず世界規模で幅広い音楽ファンに支持され、まさに日本を代表するロックバンドとなった彼らにこの賞を授与します。#ONEOKROCK#スペシャアワード#スペシャ pic.twitter.com/CCchGuDbgn
— SPACE SHOWER MUSIC AWARDS 2022 (@awards_sstv) March 13, 2020
I was in Japan from January 15-21 for ONE OK ROCK’s Eye of the Storm JAPAN TOUR concert in Yokohama Arena and now you can read my live report! I miss them so much. Enjoy!
RADWIMPS just announced that guest performances will be included on the BD/DVD release of their ANTI ANTI GENERATION TOUR 2019. This means that the band’s performance of IKIJIBIKI with Taka will be included! The BD/DVD retails for 6800 yen + tax and will be released on March 18, 2020. It will also include a tour documentary so perhaps there will be some backstage footage of Taka with RADWIMPS.
ONE OK ROCK announced that they will be performing at BLARE FEST. 2020 in Nagoya on February 2nd! The festival is organized by coldrain and will take place at Port Messe Nagoya.
Aussies, rejoice! ONE OK ROCK is coming your way in March!
The band will be hitting up 4 cities, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane at the beginning of March. Supporting them will be Set It Off and Stateside. Tickets go on sale December 13 at tickets.destroyalllines.com. Cheers!
Happy birthday, Toru!
Our beloved Leader turns 31 today! His birthday was celebrated a little early in Shizuoka, where he got caked for the first time ever. It’s been a while since he celebrated a birthday in Japan. Usually the band is touring overseas at this time.
In other news, PRIMAL FOOTMARK 2020 is currently available for pre-order! There is an original poster bonus, shipped either rolled or folded, available for continuing members who order by December 31st. The book retails for 3600 yen and will start shipping in late January to mid-February. The PRIMAL FOOTMARK member website is planned to open in early February.
I recently stumbled across an old interview with Taka on the Music Natalie website. It was quite insightful, especially considering how much the band has accomplished since then, so I decided to translate it. Check out my translation here!
Happy birthday to me! You know what that means? Present for YOU!
Check out my latest interview with European videographer and photographer Jamie Carter!! His wife is expected to give birth today too so it’s possible his newborn daughter and I may be birthday buddies! A big congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Carter!
NHK’s ONE OK ROCK World Tour Document program, which originally aired on NHK last week on October 19, 2019, will be aired overseas on NHK World Premium! It will be aired on October 31st in Asia, the Pacific Ocean region, Latin America, and Europe at 10:05AM Japan time, and on November 15 in the U.S. and Canada at 12:35 Eastern time. Check out the official news post here and refer to your local cable/satellite provider to see if they carry NHK World Premium!
It is not known whether or not the program will include subtitles.